Lot 3

Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes of Musicians With Their Flutes,

lot of 2, including a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a handsome young gentleman proudly displaying a flute in his right hand, in full case; and a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of two young boys, the eldest displaying a flute across his lap while the other grasps a hat with his left hand, in full case.

Timothy E. Danielson. 3 ALsS to Samuel P. Hildreth, 1812.In July 1812, Lieut. T.E. Danielson raised a company of volunteers in Marietta, Ohio, for military service in the War of 1812, leading his men through a long march to the upper Ohio Country. During his service, he wrote these three letters t...
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full title: Regulations for the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. New York: Baldwin & Jones, Printers, 1866. 12mo in brown cloth boards, gilt title on front, 74pp. (Then) Colonel Thomas Ruger served as Superintendent of West Point from 1871 - 1876. A graduate of the class of 1854, Ruge...
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lot includes the following unique silver gelatin photographs, ca early 1890s: one of the earliest known images of Custer's wooden cross that captures the cross facing uphill, and to the right of the monument, opposed to later published views that look downhill showing the valley and river, dedicated...
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blacksmith made, of hand-forged iron, with hinged opening and opposing hand-forged locking device. Collar 1" high, with oval 5.5 x 5.75" opening, having three pronged 8.5" spikes attached through openings in the strap.This Lot and the previous Lot (55) are both part of a collection of items relatin...
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lot of 5, includes one showing a meager camp with three men on horseback, penciled inscription on verso, 5" x 7"; one of a young cowboy on horseback, 3.25" x 5.5"; a group of mounted and seated men in the Great Plains, verso with penciled inscription From Robert - Mont. To. his Mother, 4" x 6.25" im...
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1805-1860. 32 items (11 ALsS, 11 DS, 2 poems, a manuscript and printed Hildreth genealogy, and 6 miscellaneous items). A prominent figure in Ohio during the early Republic, Samuel P. Hildreth was a physician and devoted antiquarian, writing a steady stream of essays and books on the history of whit...
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S. T. Scott's Stage Lines, 2" x 3.25". A relatively simple card with patterned background. One of the earliest stagecoach robberies in Texas was of one of Scott's stages in 1874. When the reward reached $7000, at least one posse started searching for the robbers. The mail sack that was stolen was fo...
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6" x 8", on 8.5" x 10.5" card. Pencil notation on bottom of card John Singleton Mosby 1838-1916 (Mosby's date of birth was 1833). This is a classic image of Mosby in his Confederate uniform, three stars on his standing collar, slouch hat on, often encountered as cdv. The "Grey Ghost" and his Partisa...
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albumen image, on boudoir style mount 8.5 x 5.5", ca 1885. An anonymous image of the Spring Valley Ranch, an important stage coach stop -- the first (ca 1876) building established between present-day Rapid City and Sturgis, S.D. It was used by the Sidney (Nebraska)-Deadwood Stage Line and the Nort...
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on yellow mount published by Anthony after Brady with printed text on verso. From the War Views series, No. 2434, titled Major Gen. Burnside and Staff at his headquarters in the field near Richmond.
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